Marginal note:Communication sent before general refusal
11 (1) If the Commissioner refuses to recognize a person as a patent agent or an attorney under section 16 of the Act generally, any communication in respect of a patent or an application for a patent that is sent by the Commissioner or by the Patent Office to that person is considered not to have been sent to the patentee or applicant if
(a) it is sent within four months before the date of the refusal and no reply was made before that date; or
(b) it is sent on the date of the refusal.
Marginal note:Communication sent before specific refusal
(2) If the Commissioner refuses, under section 16 of the Act, to recognize a person as a patent agent or an attorney in respect of a patent or an application for a patent, any communication in respect of that patent or that application for a patent that is sent by the Commissioner or by the Patent Office to that person is considered not to have been sent to the patentee or applicant if
(a) it is sent within four months before the date of the refusal and no reply was made before that date; or
(b) it is sent on the date of the refusal.
Marginal note:Communication sent before removal
(3) If the Commissioner removes the name of a person from the register of patent agents under subsection 23(2), any communication respecting a patent or an application for a patent that is sent by the Commissioner or by the Patent Office to that person is considered not to have been sent to the patentee or applicant if
(a) it is sent within four months before the date of the removal and no reply was made before that date; or
(b) it is sent on the date of the removal.
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